Tag: NSW Government

NSW launches IPART review of water rules for data centres

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Minns government has ordered a review of water regulations and pricing for the state’s data centres as it moves ahead with legislation to prevent the new infrastructure from...

NSW to send licence photos to national facial ID system

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Millions of driver’s licence photos from Australia’s most populous state are set to be uploaded to a national facial biometrics matching database, nearly a decade after the system was...

NSW Coalition pledges to protect jobs in AI productivity push

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Productivity-boosting artificial intelligence tools would be “mandated from the top down” within the New South Wales government under new tech reforms proposed by the Coalition. The platform would hand...

NSW downgrades cyber incident after Treasury data breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A “significant cyber incident” involving a senior NSW public servant who allegedly exfiltrated thousands of sensitive documents has been downgraded by the state government. NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey late...

NSW govt should foster quantum and data centre alliance

Posted on   |  by David Allen
New South Wales should create a program to link data centre builder-operators with researchers and companies that are developing new technologies in order to create maximum economic impact, the...

NSW tech training hub becomes TAFE Centre of Excellence

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
One of two applied technology institutes first established as a four-year pilot program will become New South Wales’ latest TAFE Centre of Excellence after securing joint funding from the...